Wagon-loading apparatus.



G. HAISS. WAGON LoADlNG APPARATUS,

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

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BY @if l NUMA, 2

7602196 Haz'fss,

G. HAISS. WAGON LoADzNQ APPARATUS.

Patented Mar. 6, 1915.

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G. HAISS. WAGON LOADING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED JUNE1o,1914

1,132,338. Patented Mar.16,1915

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Gnomi: Halse, or NEW Yoan, N. Y.

waooN-Lonnrne APPARATUS.

e Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. i6, 9i-..

Application filed June i0, 1914. `Serial No. 844,200.

' 'IVagon-Loading Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to apparatus for facilitating the loading of wagons with ma terial, 'or for Ithe transference of material v,in a pile to another point, and it has to deal more especially with a wagon-loading machine of that type which is itself a vehicle l capable of being transported from place to place. Y l

The invention has for its -general objects to improve and simplify the construction and operation of wagon-loading'machines s0 as to'be reliable and efficient in use, of durable and substantial design, and easily and conveniently adjusted from operative to inoperative condition. y A

Another ob'ect of the invention is the provisionof a machine of the character referred. to which embodies an endless con- Voyer-carrying frame which is movably mounted on a 'vehicle body in such a manner that the said frame can 'be shifted to a position for enabling the machine to be conveniently moved from place to place or to a' positionwhereit can be utilized for loading material nironia pile into a wagon or the like, the machine also embodying means .whereby the conveyer-carrying frame can be fed progressively toward the pile as the removal of the material from the latter pro-1 ceeds.

fitti suclifobjects in view, and others which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features ef construction and arrangement of parts which Will be set rth with particuaritygin the following escriptiontand claims appended hereto.

In theTgaccompanying drawings, which illustrate Ione e bodiment of the invention,

and wherein si ilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, Figure. l is a, side View of the apparatos with the conveyer-carrying frame let` down to horizontal positionsovthat the machine can beconveniently stored away out of use or moved from place4 to place; Fig. 2 is a side `view of the machine with portions f is a plan View ofthe machine body showing the means for feeding the conveyor-carrying frame.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the vehicle section of the machine and B the conveyor section. VThe section A comprises a body of suitable form that has frontand rear axles l and 2 0n which are wheels 3 and 4, respectively, and connected with the front of the, section A may be any suitable draft appliance (not shown) for enabling the machine to be moved-l from. place, to place, either` by horse, man, or me-v chanical power. Supported by the axles are two spaced parallel beams 5 which, in the present instance, are of channel iron, the top surfaces of which form tracks on which the cnveyer section B `is mounted.

The conveyer section B comprises a .frame b of any suitableconstruction which has at its opposite ends shafts 6 and. 7 that are provided with sprockets 8 and 9 around which pass endless conveyer chains 10, there being thereon, buckets or equivalent means 1l. On the frame b is a suitable source of power incloscd within a1 casing 12, and power is transmitted from the shaft 13 through a chain, belt or the like 14, to the wheel 15 on the shaft 7.

On the sides of the frame b are runners b which are made of angle-iron and have their horizontal flanges 16 so arranged as to bear on the upper surfaces ofthe tracks `5, while the vertical flanges 17 engage the inner faces ofthe tracks' like the flanges of a car wheel engaging track rails, and in this manner the conveyer section B is maintained on the vehicle section A and prevented from lateral displacement. The runners b are formed into a centralf section o disposed parallel with the frame b and oppositely dis osed terminal sections c' and c2 which are oblique with respect to the central section. The sections c and c form runners which engage the tracks `or rails 5 when the conveyer section B is in operative or inoperative position, vand the parts c2 of the. runners' serve merely as braces between the rail-engaging portions of the runners and the frame '5. When the centralv parten .1.. :5;

of the runners-Er are resting on the/.`

vehicle' section A 29 arranged to sob 'V' section B has been the machine is in inoperative position, as shown in Fig. 1, that is to say, the conveyer section B is disposed horizontally7 and the total height of the-machine is materially diminished, so that it can be conveniently .storedaway in a shed or building or can be moved from place to place When, however, the parts c of the runners bear on the rails the machine is set up for use, as :chown in Fig. 2, so that material can be taken up by the buckets-from a pile and delivered to a wagon, chute or the like. In .shifting the conveyer section from one disposition to the other it rocks on the angles e 18 of the runners and this' change of position is done manually by taking hold of the rca r end of the frame the center f gravity or balance being such that the operation is easily performed.

When the conveyer section is set up'for use, as shown in Fig. 2, it is'intended to be moved progressively to the rear toward the pile of material. able feeding mechanism is provided on the and connected'with the conveyer section B; In the present instance the. vehicle section A is provided with 'a pair ot' chains 19 which run over pulleys 20 and Q1 mounted on the shafts Q2 a d 23, respectively, which shafts are journa ed in he rail-forming channel irons 5. The ends I "i4 and 24 of the chains are connected with adapted to be manually operated by a suitable gearing 27 which will transmitpower in one direction or the other by oscillating a lever 28 whichv has a double-ended pawl engage a ratchet wheel 30 which ratchet wheel is connected with a pinion 31 of the train of gears 27. It is obvious that by using one tooth of the pawl in connection with the ratchet wheel 3 and oscillating the lever 28, the conveyercarrying section B will be moved in one direction on the rails 5, whereas, by using the other tooth of the pawl and .scillating the lever the convcyer-carrying section will e moved in the opposite direction. Thus, the conveyer can be moved progressively to the rear or to the pile of material without requiring the machine as a whole to be movedA but when the conveyer-carrying fed rearwardly as far as it will go, the said section will be returned to its forward position and the machine wheeled back toward the pile, A block or equivalent means may be placed under the wheels so as to resist the forward thrust as the machine operates, and when the machine is again properly positioned the loading operation is continued.

In order to prevent tilting of the con- Voyer-carrying section when it is in opera .the vehicle section A,

For this purpose a suit-r tion, thc frame b is provided with a holddown member 30 which is fastened to the part c of one of the runners, or to any other suitable part of the frame structure of the section b', and this hold-down member is or" Lfshapcd cross-section, as shown in Fig. 4, and is adapted to engage under the adiacentlrail member 'on the horl: of This holdingwlown member 30 slidably engages under the rail member 5 throughout thenormal range of backand forth movement of the conveyorcarrying section ll on the vehicle section A. A stop dcvicein the form of a hook 31 is mounted on the rear end of the rail 5 that is engaged by the member 550. and this hook limits the backward moicnxcnt of the section R by thc member 3U engaging 'the hook. When the hook is thrown upwardly from the position shown in Fig. 4 to that shown in Fig. 1, the conveyewcnrrying section can be moved backwardly far enough to disengage the member 30 from the rail 5, and then the section l can be tilted from Athe position shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 1. After this is done the ection B is moved forwardly. so that its center of gravity will approximate the middle 'of the vehicle section A.

From the `foregoing description taken in connection with the 'accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and method of operation will be readily understood by thosel skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while l here described the apparatus which I now Sider to be the best embodiment I desire to have it understood that the paratus shown is merely illustrative, id that such changes may be made when sired as arc within the scope'of the appr-ai ed claims. i

Having thus described my inv-emi claim as new and desire to secure by Let' atri l. A wagon loading machine of the c described, comprising a 'vehicle section cluding track rails, tion' including runners slidabl and tiltahly mounted directly on the railis, and means for moving the conveyer-carrying section on the vehicle section.

2. A wagon-loading machine of the class described, com'prisn a vehicle section including a Qodyga col veyer-carryin section slidably mounted on the body an having two :mgularly-disposed portions arrange to engage the'body respectively Lfor supporting t e conveyer-carrying section in operative and inoperative positions, and means for feeding the conveyer-carrying section with respect to the vehicle section.

wagon-loading machine of the class described comprising a vehicle section incl nding longitudinally-extending track rails. a

ia conveyer-carrying sec- I conveyer-carrying section having a. pair of runners formed with angularly-disposed portions for engaging the rails and supporting the conveyer-carryingsection in operative or inoperative position, and means on the vehicle section and connected with the said runners for moving the conveyer-carrying section backwardly and forwardly.

l 4. A wagon-loading machine comprising a vehicle section having rails, a. conveyer section including a frame, runners connecte/cl with the frame and having angularly-disposed rail-engaging portions, whereby the conveyer-carrying section can he supported in operative or inoperative position, means on the conveyer-carrying section for engaging a track rail to held the said section in operative position, and e releasable stopcarryingidcvicc on the vehicle section to normallycnguge the said means and limit Vthe feeding movement. of the conveyer section on the vehicle sez-tion.

5. A machine of the class described, ceniprisingz,r a vehicle section having track rails, a conveyer scc-tion including runners formed of angle-irons 'arranged with horizontal flanges engaging the tops of the track rails, and vertical flanges engaging the inner sides of the track rails, whereby the conveyercarrying section is held against lateral displacement on the rail` and means for moving the conveyer-earring section back and forth on the rails, said conveyer section being tiltable on the runners to different positions.

G. A machine ef the class described, cornprising a vehicle section having track rails, a conrerer section including runners formed of angle-irons arranged with horizontal llangcs engagingY the tops of the track rails, and vertical lan engaging the inner sides et' the truck rails, whereby the conveyercariving section is held against lateral displacement on the rails` and means for moving the con\'c vercarrqving section back and forth on the rails, said runners having angrnlarlyfdisposed portions adapted re* spectirclv to engage the rail sections and to permit a conveyer-carrying section to be tilted from operative to inoperative position.

ln testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses,

GEORGE Huss.

lVit'nesses ALFRED W. HAISS, G. HArss. 

